Bangladesh porn war
By Guardian Exclusive
21 February 2019 |
8:14 am
Bangladesh is blocking almost 20,000 websites as part of an anti-pornography “war” The crackdown is coming after the country’s High Court ordered the government to block pornography websites and obscene social media accounts.
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